Do LED's ever die?

[jellydoughnut217]

so my case has a shitload of LED fans on it, and i got to wondering yesterday if the lights on these babys ever burn out. I asked around and recieved mixed answers, so i was hoping someone could clear this up for me.

 

[Blackghost905]

They do but it takes a long long long time for them to even start to get dim

 

[giant384]

yea leds can last a long long time

 

[Ren.182]

We'll probably all have super-computers impanted in a microchip on our brains by the time they die out...

/sarcasm

But yeah... they last ages.

 

[Blackghost905]

At my firehouse one of our trucks have all LED lights on it and they have been as bright as ever for over 2 years have not dimmed a bit just look at the pictures

 

[Da-Muffin-Man]

They die, but it takes a long time, but they dont go dim like Blackghost says. They will just stop working when they die

 

[Asus]

LEDs last and hold their light unless you break em. Coldcathod lights are the ones that dim and don't last as long.

 

[jellydoughnut217]

awesome, thanx everyone

 

[skarrob]

leds are rated at 100,000 hrs

 

[Vegeta897]

I read somewhere that there are different kinds of LED lights, and certain colors die faster. I think it was in reference to that one Optimus keyboard.

 

[WhiteZero]

LEDs have an extremely long life span: typically ten years, twice as long as the best fluorescent bulbs and twenty times longer than the best incandescent bulbs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led

I read somewhere that there are different kinds of LED lights, and certain colors die faster. I think it was in reference to that one Optimus keyboard.

That would be oLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oled